India's lower house passed controversial legislation early Tuesday that will grant citizenship to religious minorities from neighboring countries, but not Muslims, amid raucous scenes in parliament and protests in the country's northeast.
India’s lower house passed controversial legislation early Tuesday that will grant citizenship to religious minorities from neighboring countries, but not Muslims, amid raucous scenes in parliament and protests in the country’s northeast.
But to Muslim organizations, rights groups, and others, the bill is part of Modi’s push to marginalize India’s 200-million-strong Islamic minority — a claim he and his government deny. During a lengthy debate marked by angry exchanges, opposition Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor said the bill “infringes upon the principle of equality before law” guaranteed to all persons, including non-citizens.
In August, his administration rescinded the partial autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir, India’s only Muslim-majority state, and split it into two. The government has defended the bill, saying it was only aimed at flushing out infiltrators, and that Muslims did not face persecution in the three neighboring countries.
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